Howes v. Fields
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Howes v. Fields is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified when a prisoner is considered "in custody" for Miranda purposes during police questioning.
All labels observed (1)
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| Howes v. Fields canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16115240 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howes v. Fields Context triple: [October Term 2011, heardCase, Howes v. Fields]
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A.
Henry v. Hodges
Henry v. Hodges is a federal court case challenging state bans on same-sex marriage, decided alongside other landmark marriage equality cases prior to Obergefell v. Hodges.
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B.
Hines v. Davidowitz
Hines v. Davidowitz is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal law preempts conflicting state alien-registration laws under the Supremacy Clause.
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C.
Hurd v. Hodge
Hurd v. Hodge is a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racially restrictive covenants in property deeds could not be judicially enforced in the District of Columbia because such enforcement would violate the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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D.
Corfield v. Coryell
Corfield v. Coryell is an 1823 federal circuit court decision by Justice Bushrod Washington that famously articulated an influential early list of the fundamental rights protected by the U.S. Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities Clause.
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E.
Hensley v. Eckerhart
Hensley v. Eckerhart is a landmark 1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the modern standard for determining reasonable attorney’s fee awards for prevailing parties in civil rights litigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howes v. Fields Target entity description: Howes v. Fields is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified when a prisoner is considered "in custody" for Miranda purposes during police questioning.
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A.
Henry v. Hodges
Henry v. Hodges is a federal court case challenging state bans on same-sex marriage, decided alongside other landmark marriage equality cases prior to Obergefell v. Hodges.
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B.
Hines v. Davidowitz
Hines v. Davidowitz is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal law preempts conflicting state alien-registration laws under the Supremacy Clause.
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C.
Hurd v. Hodge
Hurd v. Hodge is a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racially restrictive covenants in property deeds could not be judicially enforced in the District of Columbia because such enforcement would violate the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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D.
Corfield v. Coryell
Corfield v. Coryell is an 1823 federal circuit court decision by Justice Bushrod Washington that famously articulated an influential early list of the fundamental rights protected by the U.S. Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities Clause.
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E.
Hensley v. Eckerhart
Hensley v. Eckerhart is a landmark 1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the modern standard for determining reasonable attorney’s fee awards for prevailing parties in civil rights litigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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